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A wine cooler of this design from the Normandie is illustrated in Bruno Foucart, Normandie, New York, 1985, p. 134.
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A PAIR OF SILVER-PLATED WINE-COOLERS
BY CHRISTOFLE, PARIS, FOR THE OCEANLINER NORMANDIE, CIRCA 1935
Each of flaring cylindrical form with two spherical side handles, inscribed with the monogram CGT for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, marked on bases--8 1/8in. high, 7½in. diam. (2)
BY CHRISTOFLE, PARIS, FOR THE OCEANLINER NORMANDIE, CIRCA 1935
Each of flaring cylindrical form with two spherical side handles, inscribed with the monogram CGT for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, marked on bases--8 1/8in. high, 7½in. diam. (2)